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By: Michelle Malkin » NBC: Ginning up anti-war sentiment

Michelle Malkin » NBC: Ginning up anti-war sentiment — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:53:20 +0000

[...] Assessing Iraq, misunderstanding the fundamentals. Posted in: Media, Iraq Send to a Friend Printer Friendly comments [...]

By: Michelle Malkin » Showdown in the Senate: Petraeus/Crocker testimony

Michelle Malkin » Showdown in the Senate: Petraeus/Crocker testimony — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:02:31 +0000

[...] a re-read: Bryan Preston’s post, “Assessing Iraq,” published after we returned from our embed in [...]

By: scott thomas - international soldier of mystery » Blog Archive » A pound for a pound

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:27:04 +0000

[...] I guess I shouldn’t be surprised when bloggers get upset about a private trying to provide the world with his view of the war. They just can’t leave their parents’ basements long enough to see what’s happening. It’s not like Brian from Hotair and Michelle Malkin ever spent a night in Iraq. I’m almost certain that Michael Yon does his dispatches from the comfort of a Marriott Hotel in West Palm Beach Florida. Don’t even get me started on the other “citizen journalists” who take trips to the spa and call it a tour in Iraq. Their reports are just as big a hoax as the Moon Landing. [...]

By: Michelle Malkin

Michelle Malkin — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:21:16 +0000

Some honest coverage of Iraq…

No taunts. No snorts. No whitewashing. No candycoating. No drunken snark. Just the facts from Marine-turned-journalist/author W. Thomas Smith, Jr., who’s blogging from Baghdad over at The Tank. Here’s a bit of his dispatch from yesterday. Keep scroll…

By: Infidels Are Cool » Blog Archive » Back From Baghdad

Infidels Are Cool » Blog Archive » Back From Baghdad — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:51:11 +0000

[...] First up, here’s Michelles Vent posted today. Also, here is Michelle’s column from Townhall, and Bryan’s post from today. Keep in the loop on this one, we’re sure to see a lot more where this came from. [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Kerry flip-flop early warning system triggered!

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:23:29 +0000

[...] More (Bryan): I know that for our friends on the left there’s a mental block associated with all claims coming from the administration regarding Iranian meddling in Iraq, but Michelle and I heard on the ground in Baghdad, from a Lt Col in intelligence, that Iran has ramped up its support for the militias and insurgents in the past year to 18 months. It’s hard to say just how much of a contribution to the total violence the Iranians are making, but it’s likely significant, both in arms and training. When you have an “uninterrupted flow of weapons” coming in from Iran to Iraq and getting into the hands of the anti-US/anti-Iraq forces, you have a major problem. [...]

By: Sadly, No! » I Went to the Nidaa Alah Mosque and All I Got Was This Lousy Hair-Shirt

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:26:20 +0000

[...] STEP TWO: Actually go to Iraq. This is a creditable advance. None of the WingNet Nancy Drews that came before you ever got past Step One. (Michael Fumento has a different racket going.) [...]

By: Sadly, No! » Still Standing (Technically)

Sadly, No! » Still Standing (Technically) — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 09:23:24 +0000

[...] This isn’t a slam, Michelle. No, really. It’s just a critique on a few minor points of your Iraq reporting, some constructive criticism for the next time you and your boy ward set out to demolish the liberal MSM’s war coverage during a couple of days in-country. [...]

By: Winds of Change.NET

Winds of Change.NET — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:56:46 +0000

Iraq Report, 22 Jan/07…

JAN 22/07 TOPICS INCL: ugly weekend in Iraq; al Sadr’s faction returns to legislature; Kurds come to Baghdad; Yon back to Baghdad; mistakes were made; surge logistics; last chance for Iraq(?); restarting Iraq’s factories; Russians may land oil contra…

By: tomas

tomas — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:55:37 +0000

I keep hearing about how Bush arrogance has made americans more hated around the world. Seriously, give me examples of arrogance. People say this and all of a sudden it becomes fact, when in reality there is no truth to it. I need some examples.

By: American Geek

American Geek — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:05:05 +0000

Four days in Baghdad…

Bryan Preston accompanied Michelle Malkin to Iraq for a few days early this month. He has put together a quick assessment of what is going on over there along with the prospects for success. Before setting off on this post,……

By: Emmett J.

Emmett J. — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 06:36:51 +0000

Absolutely fantastic post. A well-written account of a truly mind-bending experience, I’m sure. I know I am not speaking only for myself when I say thank you and MM for putting yourselves in harm’s way in order to bring us this insightful look at our involvement in Iraq.

I agree with most of your points, but #7 especially. I believe our affluence has led us to expect instant gratification, and in this case, that is just not going to happen.

Again, thank you both, and everyone who helped to bring us this fresh look at Iraq and our role in the Middle East.

hillbillyjim on January 17, 2007 at 2:35 AM

We can win in Iraq. But we need to win in the US first.

William Amos on January 17, 2007 at 2:52 AM

Agree with both.

By: BadBrad

BadBrad — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:00:39 +0000

I was in Iraq during the initial invasion in 2003 and again in 2005-2006. This post has to be the best by anyone in the “media” except maybe Michael Yon.

Way to speak truth to power!

By: Troy Rasmussen

Troy Rasmussen — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:57:25 +0000

I’m not one to spout conspiracy theories, but digg won’t let me digg this article and I can’t find it from doing a search on their page.

Excellent reporting by MM and Bryan! Very well done, indeed!!

By: Blog-o-Fascists

Blog-o-Fascists — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:30:04 +0000

Differing Views On Iraq…

Riehl World View

Hillary goes to Iraq and comes back proposing war limits.WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday called President Bush’s plan to send more troops to Iraq “a losing strategy” and proposed placing new l…

By: tormod

tormod — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 21:04:24 +0000

Thank you Michelle and Bryan, we now know more and will have another informed perspective to combat the MSM. Anyone hear about k.o.’s planning for a boots on the ground visit? Didn’t think so.

By: Riehl World View

Riehl World View — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:56:16 +0000

Differing Views On Iraq…

By: Gegenstimme » Blog Archive » Blogger im Irak

Gegenstimme » Blog Archive » Blogger im Irak — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:24:09 +0000

[...] Und die Meinung von Bryan Preston: Assessing Iraq. [...]

By: Limerick

Limerick — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:48:46 +0000

‘The difference is, Limerick; ‘….Mike O

Bawwwwwwhahahahahahahahahahaha!

The difference is Mike O; The disease IS the problem. Chicken Pox and the Mumps ain’t so bad either…unless we don’t treat them. I don’t go to church and believe everything the pastor says about my religion. My pastor is NOT speaking for God. My pastor says ‘kill all Episcopalians’ and I’m calling 911. Sistani, Al-Sack-o-S—,
Jim Jones, all the same. It is LAWS, man-made LAWS, that are the answer here. Let God sort out the rest.

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » COIN Toss

Hot Air » Blog Archive » COIN Toss — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:15:53 +0000

[...] As I said in my first post since returning from Iraq, calling the situation there a “civil war” misunderstands and oversimplifies the conflict there. We’ve all seen the movie Mad Max, right? Iraq is something like that–chaotic and hyper violent in places, but the world of that film isn’t orderly enough to be called a civil war. Well, parts of Baghdad are a lot like that film. Parts aren’t. Most of the violence is confined to areas where the Sunni and Shia mix, along with insurgent Haifa Street. The rest of Baghdad, the vast majority in fact, isn’t terribly violent unless the insurgents or terrorists mount attacks there to draw in US forces and press coverage. [...]

By: a deLayed reaction

a deLayed reaction — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:52:21 +0000

We just have to……

Read it all? OK. Now, theres tons of links and talk already going on about the fact that this is a typical reaction by liberals blah blah blah blah. I would disagree with this statement were it not for something that happened this week. This illu…

By: Blogger-Journalismus aus dem Irak « Blick auf die Welt - von Beer Sheva aus

Blogger-Journalismus aus dem Irak « Blick auf die Welt - von Beer Sheva aus — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:23:29 +0000

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By: ValhallaMike

ValhallaMike — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:03:01 +0000

This is vary much appreciated coverage!

USA, all the way!

By: PrestoPundit » Blog Archive » Michelle Malkin Is Back From Iraq

PrestoPundit » Blog Archive » Michelle Malkin Is Back From Iraq — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:59:53 +0000

[...] Her first blog report is here. And don’t miss this report by Bryan Preston, who traveled to Iraq with Malkin. [...]

By: Mike O

Mike O — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:59:32 +0000

The difference is, Limerick; Sistani hasn’t and very likely never would, give such an order and I think the Colonel realizes it. It was a kind of ‘walking over hot coals…’ comment.
Sistani IS the major hope for stability, but he’ll never be our dearest friend. He also can very well draw power away from the Iranian mulahs and that is why they back ‘Mooky’. It is also why we cannot afford to leave the Pudgy One running around loose any longer; Sistani is wearing a target as long as Mooky lives.

Sistani is certainly not a great choice, but he is all we have to bank on.